Stars of Vaudeville #660: Buddy Pepper
Today is the birthday of Buddy Pepper (Jack R. Starkey, 1922-1993). At age 13, the Kentucky native won Major Bowes Amateur Hour, which led to a tour of what was left of vaudeville by the mid ’30s, as well as presentation houses. In the late 30s and early 40s he appeared in numerous small film [...]